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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say was enough to regulate humans in their tribes?

2. From where does Hume say we derive our feelings of love and hate?

3. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?

4. What was required to regulate society once it had evolved into a certain order?

5. What is Hume's argument against religion's view on free will?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does love and hatred differ from pride and humility?

2. Why does Hume think reason is the slave of the passions?

3. How would Hume's system deal with murder?

4. What is Hume's argument against those who defend free will?

5. Why does Hume claim that actions are not the result of passions?

6. Why does Hume think passions rather than reason determine the will?

7. What does Hume mean when he says one cannot derive an ought from an is?

8. How does Hume define natural virtues?

9. Why does Hume say justice must be moral?

10. How does Hume define love and hatred?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an example that clarifies each of Hume's following ideas.

1. Cause and effect.

2. The difference between recalling events in the mind and the imagination.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hume break down morals? Why does Hume think morals are unnatural? What effect do morals have on the way humans think?

Essay Topic 3

What are Hume's thoughts on space and time and do they relate to his overall argument? What are the arguments against Hume's ideas on space and time?

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